Bringing down the house.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:48 pm
Well, what did he expect? Dramatic moment garage falls onto builder after he knocks down supporting wall before removing roof
Jake Weir, 33, was knocking down building in Lincolnshire for extension Spalding garage roof collapsed and the supporting wall fell on top of himFilmed by homeowner as father of two was buried under tonnes of bricks.
He was dug out of the wreckage and taken to hospital with his left leg hanging from a strand of skin.The former paratrooper underwent a six-hour operation after the horror accident last June, which saw surgeons drill metal pins into the ligaments and tendons in his shredded limb.
Mr Weir was taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre after the accident, where doctors told him he would probably need his leg amputated - but one year on, he is amazingly now back at work.